South African Bulbs 2016

[Pete Clarke]

Thanks Steve. Yes it does look more like G. aspera on the Pacific bulb site.

[ArnoldT]

Ferraria divaricata with a close up showing pollen sacs.  My guess is that a pollinator ducks in to get some nectar and gets a back full of pollen to carry onward.

It is pollinated by carrion and house flies

[johnralphcarpenter]

That's a wierd flower!

[Michael J Campbell]

Moraea aristata.

[fermi de Sousa]

Some of the autumn flowering oxalis now in bloom:
Oxalis flava (mauve form)
Oxalis polyphylla v heptaphylla
Oxalis hirta (salmon form)
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

The Oxalis flava foliage is really neat.

[fermi de Sousa]

The Oxalis flava foliage is really neat.

Thanks, Maggi,
we try to keep it tidy,
 
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Maggi,
we try to keep it tidy,
 
cheers
fermi

# sigh#

[fermi de Sousa]

I forgot that we found the first flower on Oxalis palmifrons this evening!
cheers
fermi

[ArnoldT]

Looks to be the last Lachenalia of the season.

Lachenalia comptonii.

Sweetly scented with long trichomes 3-12 mm long.

[Rogan]

While we're on the Oxalis wagon, here's another pretty one from these parts: O.polyphylla, I think?

Daubenya comata is also just staring to come into bloom - I always enjoy the coconut-scented blooms.

[Rogan]

Fantastic Moraea aristata, Michael! If ever you have seed looking for a home - please give me a call...

[fermi de Sousa]

We have an autumn flowering bulbs now:
Strumaria salteri
Oxalis meisneri with O.palmifrons behind
Moraea polystachya (seed setting on this one if you want some, Rogan )
Nerine rosea still going strong (but a different clump to the one which was in bloom weeks ago)
cheers
fermi

[johnstephen29]

Nerine rosa is a beauty fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

We got this Lachenalia pauciflora from Jon (Mini Bulb Lover) at our group's "Plant Swap" last month and it's in flower now.
It used to be a Polyxena but that genus was recently "sunk" into Lachenalia,
cheers
fermi